we're all lamenting the lack of growth in technology, but that's because we're looking for technology in all the wrong places, like personal computers, which are just like electric coasters now. in servers, in cell phones. we should be looking for it in the oil patch, where core labs is responsible for mapping out and foipding out where the ail and gas is. the technology that core labs has invented is what's behind so many of these new fields. whether it be noble energy off the coast of israel, that's like in here, okay? or the gulf, or a whole host of companies looking for the next big discovery on this continent. oh, and let's be really discerning. when we get results from many of the oil and gas companies over the next few days, we're going to hear moaning and groaning about how the commodities come down in price. but when you have proprietary technology like core, you don't need to worry about the price of the commodity, because every company needs you to find oil where the oil is and help them get it out of the ground. that's why this stock rocketed $10 today, to finish at $136.5